Texas Tech football coach Tommy Tuberville said Thursday that former MacArthur standout Jace Amaro is expected to play this fall but could face “repercussions” for his role in an alleged credit card abuse case.

An investigation into the case involving Amaro, a tight end, and running back Kenny Williams could be completed sometime this summer, the coach said.

“It just depends on what (the courts) decide the penalty is (as to) what kind of repercussions I'll have on it,” Tuberville said. “I never do anything until we find out exactly what happened, what the courts decide or if they have to decide anything. We'll have to go through the whole process.”

Attorneys for both Amaro and Williams have denied the allegations.

UH athletic director on A&M's radar: Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades is a candidate to replace Bill Byrne as Texas A&M's athletic director, a person with knowledge of the situation said Thursday.

Rhoades, 46, has spent nearly three years at UH and spent the prior three years as Akron's athletic director. He was also at UTEP for seven years in a variety of roles as an assistant athletic director. The Aggies hired football coach Kevin Sumlin from UH in December.

A&M on Wednesday announced an 11-member search committee, co-chaired by A&M regent Jim Wilson and A&M vice president for marketing and communications Jason Cook, and the help of firm Parker Executive Search to tab Byrne's replacement. Byrne retired Tuesday.

FCS playoffs expand: The Football Championship Subdivision is on the verge of expanding its playoff system from 20 to 24 teams by 2013.

The proposal goes before an NCAA championships cabinet next month and will be subject to final approval by an executive committee on Aug. 2. It is expected to pass and be in place for the 2013 playoffs.

Pryor says money went to family: Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor says he sold a pair of his football pants for $3,000 to help his family pay rent and heating bills during a cold winter.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Pryor says he broke NCAA rules by selling the items so his sister and mother wouldn't be cold but the NCAA “didn't have any sympathy for me.” Pryor is banned from contact with OSU for five years.

Trinity hires Hill as women's hoops coach:Cameron Hill, who played for Trinity from 1996-99, is returning to his alma mater to be the women's basketball coach, the school announced. Hill, an All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference pick in two of his three seasons, joins the staff after most recently coaching at Dallas Ursuline, where his team won the TAPPS 5A state title in his first season.